July
15 2003

Greetings
unto Mistress Elena de Vexin, Dragon; Master Rory mac Feidhlimidh,
Rouge Scarpe ; and the commenting members of the Midrealm College of
Heralds; from Lady Angharad Rhos Tewdwr of Pembroke, Escutcheon.

Here are the
June 2003 submissions for your consideration and commentary. All submissions
will allow major and minor changes unless otherwise noted. All commentary
should be sent to the Rouge Scarpe Herald, Master Rory mac Feidhlimidh,
early enough to arrive by August 25, 2003, with copies
to Dragon and me.

Original device, Or, in pale a bird displayed sable
perched atop a crescent inverted gules, between the horns a mountain
of three peaks couped sable.
returned 06/00 by Laurel:

The device has
three different types of charge in the same charge group, violating
the rule of thumb in RfS VIII.1.a. Armorial Simplicity,
... As another guideline, three or more types of charges should not
be used in the same group.

This resubmission has omitted
the mountains and added a bordure.

2) Magnus Vargsson. (M) New Name and Device. Gyronny arrondy
of 12 azure and argent, a mule and a turtle rampant addorsed Or.

Original device returned by
Laurel 11/02 for a non-period depiction of a maiden (she was vested
in a halter and harem paints). Client has redrawn the maiden in western
clothing and changed the tincture of the dachshund to gules (original
was sable).

Original device (Argent masoned sable, goutty de
sang, a bull rampant guardant sable and on a chief embattled azure a
sword reversed argent
) returned by Laurel 9/96 for redraw. This submission is a new variant.

6) Shih Tan Po. (M)
Name and Device Resubmission. Sable, a wheel emflamed and in chief
two natural tigers couchant and respectant Or marked sable.

Original name and device submission
returned by Rouge Scarpe 4/03 because the documentation was very difficult
to adequately summarize.

Names found in “In Search of
Your Asian Roots: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames” by Sheau-yueh
J. Chao pp.160,170, 149 Also various searches at the website http://www.Chineseroots.com

In the following the Wades-Giles
romanization is listed first in brackets and the Pinyin in parenthesis
after)

[Shih](Shi3)

“The chineseroots.com website
shows the surname <Shi3> as being in use well before our period.
Legend places it at the mid-third millenium BC; concrete records have
it back to at least 722 BC, with other examples in various other times
ranging up to the late Ming Dynasty (AD 1368-1644). The character means
"history," and the etymology given by that website seems likely.”
~from Zacarias’ commentary on the client’s documentation in the original
submission.

The next two elements are a
familiar name. While the romanization is the same as previously submitted
the characters are different. The name [Tan Po] (Tan2 Bo2) can be translated
as ‘deeply changes color in the face’. This descriptive familiar byname
would be appropriate for a Buddhist monk persona. For exact characters
see http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/3919/atoz.html under the appropriate entries. Client
wants a Mandarin name.

Client has re-colored his
device (original submission had the tigers orange-red which could not
be properly called either gules or Or).

Device returned by Rouge Scarpe
9/02 for redraw because the client’s drawing did not closely resemble
his documentation for what would be the first registration of this Polish-heraldry
specific charge.